Ride to the 'Dip

The weather has finally improved in the Southern Alberta area to get out and ride.  I met up with my buddy Cody and his Dad John Schooten, along with our local HD mechanic Eric and two of his buddies.  Cody rides an '09 Softail Rocker and his Dad John rides a Heritage Softail.  Eric just recently purchased a brand new Road King that you can hear for miles.  It's a very nice bike and is a good change from his last bike, a Nightrod.  Must be tough working at the local HD shop...they all get a new bike each year.  The other two guys we were with rode an '09 Night Train and another Heritage Softail.

It was beautiful day, no wind and lots of sunshine.  We made a stop out in Picture Butte, AB at the local ice cream shop, 'The Frosty Dip'.  After the night I had on Saturday, I was happy to stop for ice cream rather then for beers.

We continued on Hwy 25 North towards Iron Springs then headed South on the 845 towards Coaldale.  It was nice to see all the power lines all back up after the storm we had last week.  I know that some of the people in the Iron Springs and Turin area just got power back today.  Funny how in a matter of days we went from 2 feet of snow and freezing temps to +20 degrees celsius and sunshine.  Only in Southern Alberta.  Once we arrived in Coaldale we took the jail road west back into Lethbridge.  The day ended at a pub with a few beers.  It was a great day and I'm hoping next weekend brings us the same weather.